Université de Sherbrooke
M.Sc. candidate
Supervisor: Marco Festa Bianchet
Start: 2019-09-16
End: 2022-10-18

Project

Mountain goat horn growth.
In collaboration with BC Wildlife Biologists, this student will examine regional and temporal variability in annual horn increments of harvested goats, to look for evidence of changes in age of first reproduction in females, investigate the effects of weather and determine whether early horn growth is correlated with age at harvest. Data on horn growth of marked individuals at Caw Ridge, Alberta, will also be available.

Keywords

annulis, chèvre de montagne, Oreamnos americanus, chasse, hunting

Publications

1- Variation in age of primiparity in mountain goats (Oreamnos americanus) estimated from horn growth increments
Rice, Chad, Benjamin Larue, Marco Festa-Bianchet
2022 Canadian Journal of Zoology

2- Regulations and hunter preference affect mountain goat harvest and horn length
Rice, Chad, Benjamin Larue, Bill Jex, Marco Festa Bianchet
2022 Wildlife Biology